Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ460,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20180
 
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Date:Monday 8 March 1943
Time:18:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:105 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ460
MSN: GB-W
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Flierdijk Bosweg southeast of Den Ham, Overijssel. -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ460/W: Took off at 17:00 hrs for Low-level attack on the railways at Lingen. 08/03/1944
Damaged by Flak and crashed at Lindervlier at Den Ham.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1132051) William Warburton AUSTIN (pilot) RAFVR - POW
F/O (121247) Philip Edmund THOMAS (obs.) RAFVR - POW (NCO:1032906 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 August, 1942)


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.POW list
4.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraf.
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 March 1943 DZ522 105 Sqn RAF 2 near Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais. w/o
29 September 1943 LR506 105 Sqn RAF 2 1 miles north-west of RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England w/o

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ460 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-May-2008 12:00 Nepa Added
19-Jan-2010 10:16 NePa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
31-Oct-2011 12:30 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
19-Jul-2014 13:38 Froome Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
15-Sep-2014 19:49 Faun Updated [Narrative]
23-Jul-2015 18:35 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
12-Dec-2015 18:54 Gloug Updated [Aircraft type]
28-Oct-2017 17:21 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2018 10:36 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]
08-Mar-2018 13:10 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative]
30-Jun-2018 18:38 Nepa Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 07:12 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Oct-2018 08:53 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
22-Oct-2021 22:26 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 18:09 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
08-Mar-2022 20:21 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]
28-Mar-2022 21:43 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 13:01 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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